Portbail Explained

Portbail
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr le Mesnilbus (Manche).svg
Arrondissement:Cherbourg
Canton:Les Pieux
Insee:50412
Postal Code:50580
Commune:Port-Bail-sur-Mer
Coordinates:49.3361°N -1.6947°W
Elevation M:10
Elevation Min M:2
Elevation Max M:90
Area Km2:19.56
Population:1491
Population Date:2019
Population Footnotes:[1]
Demonym:Portbaillais
Website:www.portbail.fr

Portbail (in French pronounced as /pɔʁbaj/; sometimes spelled Port-Bail) is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Port-Bail-sur-Mer.[2]

Heraldry

The arms of Portbail are blazoned :
Azure, a chevron abased, between in fess 3 mullets Or and a lancehead argent.

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011070/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019
  2. http://www.manche.gouv.fr/content/download/39236/278481/file/RAA%20SP%2094.pdf Arrêté préfectoral